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Marguerite Palmer
Marguerite or Margaret Blanche Palmer (born 18 May 1886) was an Irish suffragette and was among the first group of suffragettes imprisoned in Ireland, and later known as one of the "Tullamore Mice". Personal life Marguerite Palmer, also known as Margaret Palmer was born Marguerite Blanche Bannister in Newtownards, County Down on 18 May 1886. Her father, George Winslow Bannister, was a clergyman, and her mother was Anna (née Gaillard). On 5 September 1910 she married Richard James Weldon Palmer, a commercial traveller from Wexford, later an accountant. She boycotted the 1911 census, alongside numerous suffragettes, but her husband and mother-in-law Eliza, who is listed as "unenfranchised" were registered at 56 Beechwood Avenue, Rathmines. Palmer had become a member of the Irish Women's Franchise League (IWFL) before her marriage and it appears that her husband supported her in her involvement in the movement. She was among the earliest members of the IWFL, and one of the most prom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suffragette
A suffragette was a member of an activist women's organisation in the early 20th century who, under the banner "Votes for Women", fought for the right to vote in public elections in the United Kingdom. The term refers in particular to members of the British Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU), a women-only movement founded in 1903 by Emmeline Pankhurst, which engaged in direct action and civil disobedience. In 1906, a reporter writing in the '' Daily Mail'' coined the term ''suffragette'' for the WSPU, derived from suffragist (any person advocating for voting rights), in order to belittle the women advocating women's suffrage. The militants embraced the new name, even adopting it for use as the title of the newspaper published by the WSPU. Women had won the right to vote in several countries by the end of the 19th century; in 1893, New Zealand became the first self-governing country to grant the vote to all women over the age of 21. When by 1903 women in Britain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
